GI: Of all the wrestlers you battle, who do you feel brings out your greatest inner talents?
Giant: Sting without a doubt. Sting's such a talented athlete, and he's so diversified, he's strong, and he's got a good heart, he's so athletic. When I wrestle Sting, I know without a doubt I've gotta have my boots laced up tight.
Raven: Saturn, because he knows all my strengths, all my weaknesses.

GI: Who's the greatest wrestler of all-time?
Giant: That's a tough one. I would have to go of course with the legends Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan.
Raven: As far as the greatest wrestler I really couldn't say, there's too many that I think are at that level, I'd hate to single somebody out.

GI: How about the greatest tag-team partnership?
Giant: The greatest tag-team partnership without a doubt is the Steiner Brothers. They are the best of all-time.
Raven: The Freebirds were the greatest tag-team partnership.

GI: Tell all the aspiring grapplers out there how you got your start in professional wrestling.
Giant: I got my start in professional wrestling through Danny Bonaduce, and I did a charity event where I was a mystery basketball player in a charity halftime event between Hulk Hogan and Jimmy Hart. It was a local radio station event Danny was doing with the Chicago Rockers, which was the CBA team in Chicago.
Raven: I went to the Monster Factory, Larry Sharpe's Monster Factory, and sweated it out there, then went to Tennessee, to Memphis, starved to death, went to Florida, starved some more, went to Portland, starved a little less, and then kept moving from every small territory to small territory, till I finally found my niche.

GI: During a match, you guys come in pretty close contact with each other. So...who's the worst-smelling man in the WCW?
Giant: It's me! That's why I'm the big stinky Giant! I don't wash my outfit on purpose 'cause I don't wanna smell good. When I'm in the ring it's business. The more I stink the more it distracts 'em.
Raven: Ron Reese.

GI: Do the Nitro Girls like guys who play video games?
Giant: I just think the Nitro girls like guys who've got brains period. The thing you don't understand about the Nitro girls is they're smart and classy, so they're not gonna fall for the average guy.
Raven: I imagine they like guys who play with anything.

GI: Do you feel wrestling is more popular now than in the late 80's?
Giant: Oh definitely, it's more popular now because it's reaching so many more homes because of television. Television's the mainstream tidal wave that everybody's following.
Raven: Absolutely, it's a much bigger deal now. It was different though. It's bigger now but it's different, in that it was, I think...it's hard to explain. It's kind of like in the 70's you had Evil Knievel and stuff like that which you could never do any other time, and even if you had somebody to become another Evil Knievel, he would never have the impact like he did in the 70's. It was just the time for it. I think the early 80's was that time for wrestling, but I think in general, it's much bigger now. I think why it may have seemed bigger then, was because then it was this isolated niche, whereas now because it's not as ostracized by the mainstream, it isn't as spectacular a thing. Before, because it was such a looked-down upon product, and it was viewed upon with such disdain, that when it finally became so big, it was bigger than it actually was, whereas now I think it's actually more popular, but it just doesn't seem as big. It seems almost as big, but it doesn't seem as grandiose. And also, back then you didn't have a pay-per-view every month, and frankly I prefer to have a big show every month, and a big live show every week, because I want the big game to be all the time. I hate when you gotta wait three months for the big game. So I prefer it this way, but when you had less they seemed more special, even if in fact they weren't, just like how our childhood seems to be...we have this golden age view of our childhood, when for most people like mine it was pretty miserable.

GI: When did you become a professional wrestling fan?
Giant: Since birth. I was born in South Carolina, and when you grow up in the South you can't help but be a wrestling fan.
Raven: Since I can remember. I remember watching Chief Jay Strongbow, he was my hero as a kid.

GI: If fans offered you a bat, stop sign, half-a-table, chair, or garbage can, which would you choose?
Giant: I'd use a bat, but I really don't need it, I'd just use the choke slam.
Raven: I'd have to go with the cheese grater. I'd like to go off the board and say cheese grater to the forehead.

GI: After a night of wrestling, do you hang out with any other wrestlers?
Giant: Oh yeah, I hang out with Hogan, 'cause Hogan's the one who always gets room service, no matter what time it is, and he orders a lot, and he always buys, so I'm gonna follow Hulk. You know, he's the kid with all the toys.
Raven: Well I hung out with Saturn for a long time, obviously we don't anymore. But, mostly Lodi. Of course, I need someone to attend to my needs, to fetch me women, I need Lodi to fetch me women.

GI: Who has the weakest theme music in WCW?
Giant: Used to be Lex Luger. He had, without a doubt, the lamest theme music, and I was his tag-team partner at the time, and we had to go out to Lex's music. I was almost embarrassed to come out to that.
Raven: I'm gonna have to go with half the company, because I'll tell ya', other than a few certain select pieces of music, mine included, most are pretty much...they're not distinctive whatsoever. You know, you don't even know one from the other when you hear the music, but you have a few like mine that stand out, and you know that's me.

GI: What is your opinion of Raven's Rules?
Giant: I like 'em, I mean, he's a rebel you know, he does his own thing, and he's making a name for himself. I'm a big fan of Raven. What about me?
Raven: I don't necessarily agree with the entire Raven's Rules the way they were implemented. I believe in a general bending of the rules, but a complete lack of rules, or anarchy, I don't agree with. But sometimes you have to ask for everything, just to get something, and I got more than I wanted, and I find that it's actually detrimental to my matches, and I would rather just see the occasional bending of the rules, like if I'm gonna use a steel chair or not, as opposed to a complete disregard for the rules.

GI: How do you feel about the split of the NWO from within? Has it weakened wrestling?
Giant: I don't think it's weakened wrestling at all, I think it's given everybody different factions. I mean, you know, I'm loyal to Hulk period, and I love the NWO. I left WCW basically because of Kevin Nash. I don't like Kevin Nash. Him and I don't get along. Whether we look too much alike, whether we wrestle too much alike, whatever the deal is, he can be Big Sexy all he likes while I'll just be Big Attitude!
Raven: I couldn't care less. Has it weakened wrestling? I don't think so. I don't think it's diluted it one bit. In fact, I think it was an inevitable thing to occur, so I think it's more a product of Darwinism than anything.

GI: Do you have problems wrestling smaller opponents?
Giant: Sometimes you have problems 'cause it's a little harder to get ahold of 'em, you know, they do a lot of high-impact moves off the top ropes, so you've gotta be a little more cautious. But once I get my hands on 'em...they're done.

GI: What's your favorite meal?
Giant: Gorditas from Taco Bell.

GI: How much does the audience affect your mental state of mind?
Giant: Quite a bit. A lot of times when the fans out there aren't supporting you, I get a whole new rush now you know, I don't worry about the fans anymore, I gave up on trying to get support from them. The more they yell at me, the more they boo me, hey, the harder I'm gonna kick butt.

GI: Aside from some of your own, what's the best match you've ever witnessed?
Giant: Ricky Steamboat and Macho Man Randy Savage. Wrestlemania 3.

GI: How many years did it take to perfect the Choke Slam?
Giant: It took about three weeks, beatin' guys up over and over again with it, and I figured out it was a natural move for me. It's instinct.

GI: If you were backed into the corner like a trapped rat, who would you want to run in to save your butt?
Giant: If I had my choice of guys to call, somebody that I knew if I called them they could get the job done...I'd call Goldberg.

GI: What size shoe do you wear?
Giant: 17

GI: Who do you consider your biggest rival? Can we expect a match with him soon?
Giant: My biggest rival of course has always been Kevin Nash. Right now Goldberg's got the title, so I'm after him, but Kevin Nash and I have always had our problems. That's why I left the WCW, because of him. It's really hard to be in the same room with Kevin Nash and his ego.

GI: If Andre The Giant were still alive, could you take him?
Giant: Well, I don't know, I'd probably be real nice and take him out to dinner. That's a question that I've thought about myself, you know, Andre in his prime, me in my prime, I don't know. Of course, me with my ego, I'd like to think that I could, but just out of respect, I'd have to say that would be the toughest battle I could ever endure.

GI: You always say, "So what about me?" So...what about you?
Raven: I deserve what I can take. It's a basic law of Darwinism, survival of the fittest, and the brutal, miserable childhood I had prepared me for a life of taking what I want, and I'm more than willing to reap what I sow.

GI: Which is your most memorable victory?
Raven: That would have to be winning the U.S. title.

GI: How do you get mentally prepared for a match?
Raven: I don't. I just show up.

GI: Through all of history, if there was one person you could wrestle, who would it be?
Raven: Chief Jay Strongbow.

GI: Think you could take him?
Raven: Absolutely.

GI: What's the worst injury you've ever sustained?
Raven: The worst I've ever sustained wasn't an injury, it was Pancreatitis, and I suffered that from excessive alcohol abuse. It was December 7, '97, I spent about 10 days in a hospital bed with no food.

GI: What is the most painful move someone has performed on you?
Raven: The Death Valley Driver sucks, your whole lower body just drops into your midsection, it's absolutely the most god awful finishing move to take on a regular basis.

GI: Did your background in ECW help when you came to WCW?
Raven: Certainly it helped, I mean, being that I perfected that style, and my style as it was in ECW stood out on its own. It wasn't so much my background there that helped me when I came here, It was my style that I brought from ECW to here, so my style is my style and I won't change it for anyone.

GI: Is it tougher wrestling in ECW than WCW?
Raven: Absolutely, the matches are, but the travel here makes it much worse, so it becomes a toss-up. And the fact that you have to wrestle only twice a week there is much better than having to wrestle five, six nights a week here.

GI: What caused the rift between you and Saturn? Will the flock come back together?
Raven: His ineptness, his frustration in not being able to realize it was my organization, not his. His jealousy, his ego, his sanctimoniousness. Will the flock come back together? No, I don't want 'em. I can do it on my own. I have Kanyon, and eventually I'll get Lodi back, and that's all I need.

GI: Does it bother you that you are perceived as "lazy" by the wrestling fans of America?
Raven: I would resent that if I actually thought they perceived me that way. I've never thought that I was perceived that way. Would you like to cite any sources?

GI: Well, general fan talk, of how you're perceived as a Gen-X style wrestler, that you don't work as hard as the others.
Raven: If I can get others to work for me, then isn't that the whole concept? You know, if I can get others to do my work for me, I would perceive that as intelligence, not laziness. It's capitalism.

GI: What draws you towards Kanyon? Is he that good of a wrestler?
Raven: Absolutely. All he lacks is a bit of polish, but his arsenal of moves is quite singular in the business, and nobody wants it more than him.

GI: You trained with Jake "The Snake" Roberts. What was the best piece of advice he ever gave you?
Raven: He told me a story. He told a lot of people this story. This guy finds a snake out in the desert. The snake's dying, and he brings it into his house and heals it. They become best friends. After a couple of months of the snake and him living together, finally the snake bites him. The guy goes, 'I took care of you, healed you, you bite me, and now I'm dying, why did you do that?' The snake goes, 'I was a snake when you got me."